In the Season Finale of Brik Talks (Episode 12), host Brik Chik sits down with Mark Stone—an Army veteran, entrepreneur, and community leader whose life journey is rooted in discipline, faith, and service.

Mark Stone holds degrees in Social Work and Criminal Justice, along with an Honorary Doctorate in Divinity. Raised by a strong and resilient single mother, Mark learned responsibility early—working at just 12 years old, helping raise his siblings, and learning life skills by observing his mother as she courageously battled breast cancer.

With absent and imperfect father figures, Mark forged his values through lived experience, spiritual grounding, and structure—crediting the U.S. Army as one of the most transformative chapters of his life.

Now at 58, Mark reflects on legacy, sharing powerful insights on:

• Family and generational responsibility

• Faith and personal discipline

• Finances, fitness, and balance

• Why memories—not money—are the true measure of wealth

This conversation is honest, reflective, and deeply human—offering wisdom for anyone thinking about purpose, growth, and what truly matters over time.

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Directed, Edited, and Motion Graphics by Shabaka Mu Ausar for Media Movement Network

This episode features the Scholar MC “Amen Imhotep Ptah” from Rochester, New York.

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The 16th Bar is a new webseries that feature snapshot stories of independent hip-hop artists and you also get a chance to experience them spit 16 bars LIVE in the studio.

Executive Producer: Shabaka Mu Ausar
Producer: Dj Quan Da Bomb
Featuring: Dj G-Nyce

If you got bars and a story to tell complete the submission form below. https://mediamovement.net/16th-bar-submission/

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SEGMENT #1 – THE DEATH OF DANIEL PRUDE
– Psychotic Episode
– Systemic Failure
– This was pre George Floyd

SEGMENT #2 – A LOVELY COVER UP
– Press Conference 1, 2, and 3
– Protests in the Night
– State Sanctioned Terrorism

SONG OF THE WEEK
PARIS – Baby Man Hands

OUTRODUCTION – HOW DO WE  CLEAN UP THE SHIT?
– Shabaka Mu Ausar’s final thoughts
– Amen Ptah’s Final thoughts

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